As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Twin Cities Area
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

